Wheel for wheelbarrows.



No. 876.585i

ATENTED JAN. "i4-7 NGS;

EELBRE/YS.

APPLEQATION FILED JUNE e, 15m.

WHEEL FOR WE responding parts in all the figures of the v 'ranged instaggered relation and extending from the hub to the rim and bounded bylstraight side edgesaintcnrred outer edges,

SAMUEL FRANKLIN PlIILLlPS, OF AQIIBORO, NORTH CAROLINA.

WHEEL FOR WHEELBARROWS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 14, 1908. i

Application filed June 8. 1907. Serial No. 377.974.

To all 'who/m it may concern:

Be it Ii'iown that I, SAMUEL FRANKLIN PiiiLLiPs, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Ashboro, in the county of ,Itandolph and State ofNorth Carolina, havein-v vented a new and useful Wheel for Wheelbarrows,of which the following'is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in wheels for Wheelbarrows, etc.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofwheels, and to provide a simple and comparatively inex ensive singleplate metallic wheel, which will be light, strong and durable landeasily constructed.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in theconstruction and novel.coinbination of parts hereinafter fullydescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out inthe claims lie'reto appended; it being understood that various changesin the forni, proportion, size and minor details of construction, withinthe scope of the claims, inay bc resorted to with.- out dcpartino` fromthe spiritor sacrificing an of the at Siantages ofthe invention.

iii the drawing# #Figure 1 is a side eclva tion of a metallic wheel,constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 isa sectional viewo'n the line 2--2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a similar view on the line 3-3 ofFig. 1.

Like 'numerals of 4reference designate cordrawing.

i designates a solid cast' ine-tal wheel, designed for use onwhecllmrrows and consistinr of a rim 2, a hub 3 and a single connectingplate il., formed integr-:il with the riin' and the hub of the wheel.4The -plate of the wheel consistsV of' an annular series of inwardlytapered si'ector-shaped portions 5, ar-

theJ adjacent side edges of the tapered por` tions-,being arranged inplanes, which eonverg-froiiithe hub ol`I the wheel to the r||n of the.saine. The sector-shaped portions 5 :ire eoiinected with each other b vmeans ot radiailli 5 sector-shaped portions and tapered from the, hub tothe rini. 'l'heso webs are set at an angle, and the scctor-sh`apedportions and i the webs form depressions or recesses, which arealternately arranged at opposite faees of the plate and the webs atopposite sides of each recess are arranged at obtuse angles to the'sector-shaped portion constituting the back of the recesses. By thisconstruction, a light wheel of great strength and durability is rovided,but the lightness of the Wheel may be increased by openings 7, formed inthe sector-shaped portions 5. A The rim of the wheel is tapered orapproximately triangular in cross section, andthe sector-shaped portionsare united with the rim in a plane coincident with the median linethereof. The hub, which is tapered from the center towards each end, isprovided with central tapered portions 8, located at the inner ends ofthe recesses or de ressions and presenting inclined faces, Whic extendfrom the webs towards the center of the wheel. t v

As the wheel consists of a single'solid casting, there are no Welded orriveted parts to become loose, and any number ofwheels may beconstructed straight, true and exactly' alike, which will adapt thewheel for various uses. Also the particular construction of the plate ofthe Wheel enables a wheel of great strength'and durability to beconstrueted of cheap material and with little labor.

I-Iavin thus fully described my invention, what I c aim as newlr anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A metallic wheel comprising a hub, a y

rim, and a single late connecting the hub and the rim and 'orme-dintegral with the` saine and consistinol of an annular series ofinwardly tapered substantially sector-shaped portions arranged instaggered relation and extending from the hub tothe rim and having theirouter portions united with the latter in a plane coincident with themedian line of the rim, and radial web portions connecting thesector-sha )ed port-icm` and tapered out wardly from t. ic hnb 4.00mrim.

2. A niet-allie wlice comprising a hub, a rim, and a single plaieconnecting the hub and the rim and formed integral Withthe saine. andconsisting of an annular series of inwardly tapered substantiallysector-shapedportions arranged in staggered relation and arranged webst3, formed integral ith the extending l'roin the hub to the riin andhaving their outer portions united with the lati ter in a planecoincident with the median line of the rim, and radial web portions con-A rim, and a'si'ngleplate' connecting the hub and the rim and ormedintegral with the same and consistin of an annular seriesof inwardlytapered su stantially sector-Shep ed portions arranged in staggeredrelation and extending from the 'hub to the rim and hav- .ing'theirouter portions unitedpwith the latter 1n a plane coincident with themedian line of the nm, and radial web portions connecting the sector-shaed portions d tapered outwardly from t e hubto the rim, said .webportions forming depressions or recesses located alternatel each recessbeing arranged at an obtuse angle to the sector-shaped plate forming theback of the recess.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aixedmy signature 25 in thepresenoe of two Witnesses.

SAMUEL `FRANKLIN PHILLIPS. Witnesses: y i C. E. BROWN,

G. P. SNI'DEB.

at op osite faces of the plate of the Whee and -t e web portions at 2o

